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# Read Me: Replication Materials for Bergman, Krauss, Thürk #
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## Title: 
"In for a Penny, in for a Pound? Evidence that Government Support Parties Cannot Dissociate Themselves from the Prime Minister's Party"

## Authors:
Bergman, Matthew E., Svenja Krauss and Maria Thürk

## Published In:
The Journal of Politics

## Overview
This Read Me file provides detailed instructions and descriptions of the replication materials for the paper by Bergman, Krauss, and Thürk. The replication package includes the do-file used for the analysis, the datasets, and the codebook.

## Files Included
1. **Do-File**
   - `replication_do_file_Bergman_et_al_JOP.do`
2. **Datasets**
   - `Bergman_et_al_JOP_cross_country.dta`
   - `Bergman_et_al_JOP_spanish_panel.dta`
3. **Codebook**
   - `Codebook_replication_Bergman_et_al_JOP_support_parties.pdf`

## Instructions for Replication
### 1. Setup
1. Ensure you have Stata installed on your system. All analyses were conducted with Stata 18.
2. Download and install the required Stata packages using the following commands:
   ```stata
   * Install plottig
   ssc install plottig

   * Install coefplot
   ssc install coefplot
   ```

### 2. Files Description
1. **Do-File (`replication_do_file_Bergman_et_al_JOP.do`)**
   - This do-file contains all the commands to replicate the analysis and figures presented in the paper and the appendix. 

2. **Datasets**
   - `Bergman_et_al_JOP_cross_country.dta`: This dataset contains cross-country data used in the analysis.
   - `Bergman_et_al_JOP_spanish_panel.dta`: This dataset contains Spanish panel data used in the analysis.

3. **Codebook (`Codebook_replication_Bergman_et_al_JOP_support_parties.pdf`)**
   - This document provides detailed descriptions of the variables used in the datasets and the analysis.

## Contact Information
For any questions or issues related to the replication materials, please contact the corresponding author:

- **Author**: [Matthew E. Bergman]
- **Email**: [matthewedward.bergman@uni-corvinus.hu]

## Citation
When using these replication materials, please cite the original paper as follows:

Bergman, Krauss, Thürk. "In for a Penny, in for a Pound? Evidence that Government Support Parties Cannot Dissociate Themselves from the Prime Minister's Party." The Journal of Politics.
